Fireplace construction



March 29 1927. 1,622,944

r E. FLAGG FIREPLACE CONSTRUCTION Filed June 1923 WITNESSES INVENTO'R v I v Ekzkrzsrfizaac;

- ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

ERNEST iIiAeG, on NEW YORK, *N.

FIREPLACEGUNSTRUCTIbN.

Application filed June -15,

This invention relates to a fireplace construction, and has for an object-the provision of a new and improved fireplace whereby the expense of building-heavy masonry construction for fireplaces is eliminated.

Another object is to provide a fireplace in which the radiation into the room is very much increased- A further object is to provide a fireplace construction in which the ornamental value of the fireplace construction in the scheme of the room is greatly enhanced.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which:

Figure l is a vertical transverse section through the fireplace} Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the wall. looking down on the hearth.

In general, the invention comprises a hearth on which a fire is adapted to be built. This hearth instead of being set into the wall is practically set out into the room, so that the heat of the fire can readily be radiated in three directions, whereas if it were set into the wall it could only radiate in one direction, by reason of the fact that it then would be shut in on three sides. In this new arrangement it is only shut in at the rear. On the hearth, I provide fireretaining members, such as masonry slabs or beams of suitable length and height, projecting out from the wall so that the fire is retained in proper position and at the same time to a proper extent protected from the effects of undue air circulation. Preferably, I dispose over the hearth a. hood of ornamental material, such hood sloping upwardly to an opening in the wall of the room, near the top of the room, leading to a flue. This ornamental hood lends itself to considerable variation in use, so that its ornamental value in the scheme of the room can be very readily manipulated to provide the desired effect. The hood also acts as a very important element in the invention by reason of the fact that by becoming heated it gradually increases the heat radiation, which heat would otherwise pass up the flue. This hood may be made of any suitable material, but bronze lends itself to more harmonious treatment.

As shown in the drawings, I have provided a hearth member 1, which may be of brick, stone, concrete or other form of masonry, on which, and projecting from the 1923. SeriaLl-NofGQSfiSS.

wall 2. of the room, are formed beams or slabs 3' and {L which may be of tiling, brick, stone, etc. These extend, preferably, a sub stantiald-istance out from the wall and are of proper height, for instance, six or eightinches in height. The fire is disposed on the hearth between these slabs, and by reason of their length and height they retain the fire in the proper portion of the hearth and also to a proper extent protect the fire from the influence of undue circulation of air. It will be noted that the hearth and fireplace are practically set out into the room and do not to any appreciable extent set into the wall 2.

Above the fireplace I dispose an ornamental hood 5, made preferably of bronze, which, of course, lends itself to proper ma nipulation into the harmony of any desired room. The lower end of the hood is supported by a channelbeam 6, preferably U shaped, embedded into the wall or hood, being preferably cemented thereto as at 7 and provided preferably with fireproof brick 8 which is disposed in the channel of the llleifl her 6. The hood 5 extends upwardly to a point between the topof the room wall to where it connects to an opening into the flue 9. For this reason it will be observed that the wall of the house need not be thickened, at least until a point a considerable distance up on the wall is reached, in order to provide the proper draft for the fireplace. In most constructions of houses as now built, it a fireplace is built a very large and thick construction is necessary to provide the proper amount of flue to give the desired draft. Furthermore, by having the fireplace set out into the room it is possible to make use of the radiation from it in three direct-ions, so that its value in heating the room is greatly increased.

What I claim is 1. A fireplace construction which includes a hearth member set out into the room with one edge adjacent a wall of said room, and a hood disposed over said hearth, said hood extending upward along the wall to a point near the top of the room, said wall containing a flue at this point to which the hood is connected.

2. A fireplace construction which includes a hearth set out into the room with one edge adjacent a Wall of said room, a pair of spaced beams or slabs of suitable material acting as fire-retaining members and to protect the fire from undue circulation of air, and a metallic hood over said hearth extending upward to a point in the wall of the room and connecting at said point to a fine in the wall.

3. A fireplace comprising a hearth extending out into a room from one of the walls thereof, a pair of low walls at the sides of the hearth and extending out from said room wall to retain a fire therebetween, and a hood mounted upon said room wall being largest at the bottom portion which is relatively close to said hearth and retaining walls, said hood tapering continuously to a place near the ceiling of the room wherezt the wall has a flue opening with which the hood communicates.

4-. A fireplace comprising a hearth extending out into a room from one of the Walls thereof, a supporting structure built into the wall and projecting therefrom above the hearth, low parallel Walls at the sides of the hearth, and a hood beginning substantially at the ceiling of the room where it covers a flue opening in said room wall and continuously enlarging toward the bottom and resting upon said supporting structure.

ERNEST FLAGG. 

